FID3023 Research Methodology in Computer Science 7.5 credits
In recent years, relating descriptions of research to the Sustainable Development Goals has become very important. To relate here entails more than the trivial fact that engineering improvements affects energy consumption positively. All the goals will be scrutinized in the course and a guest lecturer will contribute an external perspective.
Information for research students about course offerings
Period 2, 2019
Content and learning outcomes
Course disposition
The planned course activities are: seminars, written reports, exercises, and presentations.
Course contents
The course includes but is not limited to: models and their properties, experiments, sustainability, ethics, and statistical methods.
Intended learning outcomes
After the course, the student will be able to:
- evaluate different scientific research methods in computer science.
- describe how these methods can be used in their own research.
- analyze computability and reproducibility in their own research.
- design, conduct, present, analyze, and summarize experiments.
- apply basic statistical methods applicable within computer science.
- analyze professional responsibility and ethical aspects specific to computer science.
- identify elements in own research relevant to the KTH- and the UN sustainability development goals.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Doctoral students
Recommended prerequisites
Master Degree
Equipment
None, lab work can be done on personal computing devices or on available servers.
Literature
Selected research publications. Course material.
Exact contents to be determined later.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- EXA1 - Written exam, 7.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Assignments.
Other requirements for final grade
Active participation and fulfilled assignments.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.